Can a plan be acceptable in its efforts to recruit members of only one or another of the defined Diversity Recruitment Groups?
No. Plans may vary in their emphasis and may excel more in one area than the others with respect to activities targeting individuals in groups 3.A, B, or C. However, it is not acceptable to focus efforts entirely on one group to the exclusion of the others. The acceptability of the plan is evaluated as a whole with appropriate weighting of various efforts as judged by the reviewers. Since recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities have been long-standing NIH policies, reviewers have experience in judging plans and identifying a reasonable level of success. While reviewers will have limited experience with plans for recruitment of the other Diversity Recruitment Groups, it is expected that they will become calibrated with respect to this new policy over the next few years.
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